Sometimes Club

The Sometimes Club was a loose association of RPers who got together at the same time every week to advance a shared plot. It was designed to allow busy players to participate in a shared story without having to connect daily or coordinate schedules.

First Plot

The first plot ran from June 2010 to March 2012.

Barflies and Brawlers

• Location: Sagebrush Inn (Mossflower)
• Participants: Riverdale, Stubb, Angus, Rentha, Ben, Jocosa, Hactor, Lier, Flicktail, Tux, Rus, Unspoken, Logan
• Subplot Logs:
  • Later That Night — Hactor, Stubb
  • Mustering Forces — Hactor, Stubb, Dangeon, Amos

Parallel Interests

• Location: Sagebrush Inn (Mossflower)
• Participants: Angus, Stubb, Amos, Dangeon, Lier, Arevin, Aeysin, Hactor, McDuff
• Subplot Logs:
  • A Warning to Friends — Aikuen, Riverdale, Kentar
  • Inn Trouble — Riverdale, Aikuen, Kentar, McDuff
  • Provocations, Promotions, and Preparations — Hactor, Stubb
  • Every Crew Needs a Captain — Dessie, Amos, Dangeon, Parin, Hactor

Get Us to the Church on Time

Hactor’s inchoate army leaves Sagebrush for its new camp at St. Ninian’s.

• Location: Mossflower Woods; Vermin Encampment at St. Ninian's
• Participants: Stubb, Hactor, Rincair, Dessie, Parin, Amos, Dangeon, Darkmane, Angus
• Subplot Logs:
  • Vile Vermin Vittles — Amos, Dangeon, Darkmane
  • Cloudy Ambitions — Stubb, Anba Hor, Lier, Amos, Darkmane
  • A song to soothe the savage beast — Anba Hor, Hactor, Cercei

A period of a couple months elapses. The group heads north through eastern Mossflower, stops at Ferravale and other towns, and winds up in the Northern lands. During this time, Hactor’s army is expelled from Redwall, and the old warlord escapes with his life.

By the Waters of Ruingate

• Location: Near Ruingate
• Participants: Stubb, Angus, Rentha, Amos, Hactor, Dangeon, Frigg, Darkmane

A Feisty, Fancy Find

• Location: Ruingate: The Skull and Candle
• Participants: Stubb, Angus, Amos, Darkmane, Dangeon, Frigg

In Which We Encounter a Drunk and a Beggar

• Location: Ruingate: Via Caspius
• Participants: Stubb, Angus, Slopnose, Amos, Hactor

Priory Prowling

Stubb knows his way around Ruingate better than he’s let on, and a horde rat threatens the group.

• Location: Ruingate Priory
• Participants: Stubb, Frigg, Amos, Viddick, Hactor
• Subplot Logs:
  • A Mite-Soused Proposal — Slopnose, Aliyah
  • Back at the Bar — Dangeon, Darkmane
  • A Weasel’s Tale — Angus, Stubb, Hactor

A Private Conference

• Location: Ruingate: The Skull and Candle
• Participants: Dangeon, Darkmane, Viddick, Hactor, Frigg, Stubb, Adyna

Fireside Chat

• Location: Ruingate: The Skull and Candle
• Participants: Stubb, Adyna, Hactor

Tradeoffs

• Location: Ruingate
• Participants: Stubb, Viddick, Angus, Imoen, Amos, Adyna, Dangeon, Darkmane, Slopnose, Frigg

Oh, Rats!

Viddick leads some of the group into a trap.

• Location: Ruingate
• Participants: Stubb, Viddick, Darkmane, Dangeon, Adyna, Hactor
• Subplot Logs:
  • A Rat of the Empire — Viddick, Dangeon, Tundutwaa
  • Spy Games — Rayuwil, Zen, Riverdale, Poppy (Gwennythe)
  • Sidelines — Angus, Frigg, Stubb (spoofing), Hactor

Mad Pursuit

Our heroes escape Ruingate, in hot pursuit of Dangeon’s kidnappers.

• Locations: In and around Ruingate
• Participants: Stubb, Hactor, Amos, Scaith, Darkmane, Rayuwil, Viddick, Tundutwaa, Zen, Poppy, Dangeon
• Parts:
  • Part 1, Group 1
  • Part 1, Group 2
  • Part 2

Unlikely Bedfellows

• Location: Near Ruingate
• Participants: Amos, Stubb, Rayuwil, Darkmane, Adyna

News on the Wing

• Location: Near Ruingate
• Participants: Stubb, Rayuwil, Amos, Darkmane, Adyna, Frigg

The Hunt Continues

• Location: South of the Broadstream
• Participants: Rayuwil, Hactor, Angus, Amos, Frigg, Stubb, Zen

Friendship’s Tests

• Location: Northern Lands
• Participants: Tundutwaa, Stubb, Angus, Amos

Not Licked Yet

• Location: Foxglove Hollow: The Lost Archway (Northern Lands)
• Participants: Stubb, Angus, Rayuwil, Amos, Hactor, Frigg
• Drawing by Aeysin

An Odd Couple

A hedgehog couple assists the injured trio.

• Location: Foxglove Hollow: (Northern Lands)
• Participants: Angus, Stubb, Amos, Tundutwaa

Muddy Puddle, Squirrel, Battle

• Location: Sandstone Quarry
• Participants: Moruwil, Malcolm, Ribbert (Stubb), Zane (Amos), Ziva (Dangeon)

Heap of Trouble

They pursue Tundutwaa to his den.

• Location: Foxglove Hollow (Northern Lands)
• Participants: Stubb, Angus, Amos, Tundutwaa, Darkmane, Scaith
• Drawing by Aeysin

Hare and Back Again

They nurse Dangeon, newly rescued, back to health; tend to their wounds; and make an important discovery.

• Location: Foxglove Hollow (Northern Lands)
• Participants: Dangeon, Angus, Amos, Stubb, Scaith, Rayuwil, Rentha

Cloud of Confusion

The travelers, alerted to the probable location of Angus' lost daughter (son?), have set out for the quarry, moving southward with purpose. Unfortunately, troubles lurk above and before them.

• Location: North Path
• Participants: Stubb, Rayuwil, Angus, Kennidy, Cerberus, Amos, Anba Hor, Hactor, Rinzo

From the Trees

Angus goes ahead to the quarry while the others break camp.

• Location: North Path, en route to the quarry
• Participants: Stubb, Amos, Dangeon, Hookclaw, Trace, Scaith, Mayeul, Hactor, Darkmane

Quarry Quarry

A pleasant camp turns into another chase

• Location: Sandstone Quarry
• Participants: Angus, Amos, Dangeon, Stubb, Garth, Quicklash, Kiara, Scaith, Moruwil, Trace, Hactor

Cave-In

They rescue Angus’ from the squirrel and his cohorts.

• Location: Sandstone Quarry
• Participants: Stubb, Trace, Angus, Garth, Kiara, Moruwil, Malcolm, Amos, Hactor, Darkmane

A Mama

After a fortnight of travel, the gang reaches the northern metropolis, Collinsel, and chances upon two familiar curmudgeons.

• Location: Collinsel
• Participants: Amos, Trace, Angus, Dangeon, Frigg, Darkmane, Edith (Stubb spoof), Malcolm (Slopnose spoof), Hactor

And A Papa

Rooming at the Thorn and Shadow Inn, the group recuperates and awaits news from Stubb. Hactor is confronted by one of his misbegotten offspring.

• Location: The Thorn and Shadow - Collinsel
• Participants: Trace, Angus, Hactor, Jazmyne, cloaked figure (Stubb spoof), Bloodclaw, Darkmane, a young hamster (Stubb spoof)

Barflies and Bunnies

Trace regulates when an intoxicated Angus riles the innkeeper, a bumpkin bunny demonstrates his rustic customs, and an incognito Stubb summons Hactor to a sub rosa conference.

• Location: The Thorn and Shadow - Collinsel
• Participants: Angus, Trace, Malcolm (Angus spoof), Amos, Hactor, Dangeon, Doutric, Stubb

The Drunken Dragon Debacle

• Location: The Thorn and Shadow - Collinsel
• Participants: Trace, Amos, Dangeon, Scaith, Angus (Trace Spoof), All Collinsel Soldiers/Guards Mentioned (Trace Spoof), Darkmane, Hactor

Bad Hare Day

• Location: The Thorn and Shadow - Collinsel
• Participants: Trace, Dangeon, Darkmane, Amos, Doutric, Frigg, Hactor, Rinzo

Angus Shrugged

• Location: Collinsel
• Participants: Hactor, Dangeon, Wizened Old Weasel (Stubb spoof), Trace, Amos, Angus

What They Left

Trace leads a rescue mission into a strange, ruined temple in Collinsel.

• Location: Ancient Temple: Collinsel
• Participants: Stubb (spoofs), Trace, Amos, Dangeon, Darkmane

A Mustelid Maiden

A friend from his past attempts to hasten Stubb’s convalescence. Hactor, meanwhile, runs into trouble of his own.

• Location: The Thorn and Shadow (Collinsel)
• Participants: Amos, Trace, Scaith, Dangeon, Stubb, Angus, Delilah (Stubb spoof), dead-looking cat (Hactor spoof), Hactor
• Subplot Logs:
  • Heal up so I can kill you — Trace, Hactor, Amos, Scaith
  • Thoughts of Home — Delilah (Stubb spoof), Angus
• Drawing by Aeysin

Bosscat

• Location: The Thorn and Shadow (Collinsel)
• Participants: Amos, Dangeon

Return to the Temple

The gang follows Stubb's mysterious lady friend back to the temple, where she leads them into a tunnel to the city sewers.

• Location: Abandoned Temple and Sewers (Collinsel)
• Participants: Delilah (Stubb spoof), Angus, Trace, Amos, Frigg, Malcolm (Cerberus spoof), Hactor, Sandy
• Parts:
  • Part 1 — “Return to the Temple”
  • Part 2 — “Wet, Blind Hunt”
  • Part 3 — “Into the Mire”
  • Part 4 — “Not-Alone in the Dark”

A Harsh Mistress

Delilah’s nerves fray as the motley bunch proves to be more difficult to control than she had imagined.

• Location: Collinsel Tunnel and North Mossflower Woods
• Participants: Delilah (Stubb spoof), Dangeon, Sandy, Amos, Angus, Malcolm, Hactor, Drystan, Scaith

A Horse of a Reunion

• Location: North Mossflower Woods
• Participants: Delilah (Stubb Spoof), Angus, Amos, Sandy, Dangeon, Malcolm, Darkmane, Frigg, Moruwil, Drystan

Betrayal at the Burning Chapel

• Location: Woods near Collinsel
• Participants: Amos, Frigg, Sandy, Malcolm, Delilah (Stubb Spoof), Darker Voice/Glabrous rat (Stubb Spoof), Drystan, Angus, Moruwil, Towering Badger (Stubb Spoof), Scaith

Getcher Bags

• Location: The Thorn and Shadow
• Participants: Angus, Malcolm, Sandy, Amos, Dangeon, Trace, Darkmane, Drystan, Frigg, Stubb, Tavernkeeper (Stubb spoof)

We’re Gonna Need a Bigger Boat

• Location: Nel'Fene Seaport (Collinsel)
• Participants: Amos, Malcolm, Dangeon, Frigg, Both Otters (Spoofed by Stubb), Moruwil & Shrews (Moruwil), Stubb, Hactor

Frigg 'n' Sandy on the Shore (and Malcolm)

• Location: Eastern Shore (near Collinsel)
• Participants: Amos, Malcolm, Sandy, Frigg

Conversations with a Feathered Dirtbag

• Location: Eastern Shore (near Collinsel)
• Participants: Amos, Dangeon, Elrod
• Subplot Logs:
  • They Ain’t Dead — Amos, Malcolm
  • A Pleasant Swim — Stubb, Angus, Hactor

We’d Love to Have You for Dinner

• Location: Eastern Shore
• Participants: Soclose, Stubb, Amos, Sandy, Hactor, Trace, Frigg, Targa Wfol

Cooking with Sass

Sandy feeds the poor, hungry, tired castaways.

• Location: Eastern Shore
• Participants: Amos, Sandy, Frigg, Stubb, Malcolm

A Game Plan

• Location: Eastern Shore
• Participants: Targa Wfol, Malcolm, Stubb, Sandy, Soclose, Frigg, Hactor
• Subplot Log:
  • Catching Up— Angus, Stubb

Bargaining Chip

Soclose makes a deal with the fox army.

• Location: Eastern Shore
• Participants: Targa Wfol, Stubb, Malcolm, Amos, Sandy, Frigg, Soclose, Deathwatch

What These Hills Conceal

• Location: Eastern Shore, near Marshank
• Participants: Stubb, Amos, Sandy, Soclose, Frigg, Targa Wfol, Carn, Hactor, Deathwatch

Marshank

The crew, free of the fox army, explores Marshank. Deathwatch, its self-proclaimed owner, makes a case for restoring it to its former glory.

• Location: Marshank
• Participants: Stubb, Frigg, Sandy, Carn, Amos, Dangeon, Angus, Hactor, Deatchwatch

A Haunted Homecoming

Deathwatch’s ancestral home is not as abandoned as it seemed.

• Location: Marshank
• Participants: Stubb, Malcolm, Soclose, Frigg, Adyna (spoofs, figure in the marsh), Angus, Deathwatch

Sketches from Marshank

• Location: Marshank
• Parts:
  • Squirrel in a Squall — Stubb, Carn, Darkwatcher, Angus, Soclose, Amos, Malcolm
  • Spider Solitaire — Sandy, Frigg, Adyna

Missing log... stay tuned.

• Location: Marshank

A Show of Potential

Sandy shows her skill with a cutlass.

• Location: Marshank
• Participants: Stubb, Amos, Sandy, Sha Rikktor, Carn, Deathwatch, Soclose

An Ill Wind and a No-Good

Another week, another visitor.

• Location: Marshank
• Participants: Stubb, Erebos, Carn, Marandus, Sandy, Dangeon, Floten
• Summary:

Field Trip

Supplies are running low at the fortress, so a trip to Collinsel is planned

• Location: Marshank
• Participants: Stubb, Carn, Soclose, Amos, Dangeon, Erebos, Marandus

Return to Collinsel

After picking up supplies in town, the gang stops in at a familiar watering hole.

• Location: Collinsel
• Participants: Dangeon, Moruwil, Stubb, Jazmyne, Amos, Sandy, Soclose, Carn, Hactor